Hotel Napoleon

“Fabulous weeks stay at the Napoleon Hotel, Menton!”

Myself and my girlfriend had a fantastic week staying at the Napoleon Hotel. The hotel is clean, well decorated, and the rooms are spacious enough. The staff are also all very friendly and helpful. The location is also fantastic, as it is right next to the sea and only a 10/15 min walk from the Old… more

Myself and my girlfriend had a fantastic week staying at the Napoleon Hotel. The hotel is clean, well decorated, and the rooms are spacious enough. The staff are also all very friendly and helpful. The location is also fantastic, as it is right next to the sea and only a 10/15 min walk from the Old Town, so it is in a quieter area of Menton (although there is a busy road outside, which separates the hotel and the sea). We enjoyed the garden room which is at the rear of the hotel, which is really quiet. The room was clean, spacious enough, and the aircon worked really well. There is a free minibar which is replenished each day with non aloholic drinks, and tea/coffee etc. The breakfast was very good, although does not include hot food (which was fine for us). It was also nice to be able to eat our breakfast in the quiet garden area at the back. As others have mentioned, the pool area is relatively small, however we did not find it to be particularly overcrowded, and the few times we did use that area, there were only a handful of people there, and once there was just us, although maybe we were lucky, and it was also a little later in the day. There is so much to do around Menton/surrounding areas, and I have listed a few of the things we did below, which i would recommend: * Get the train across the border over into Italy. We visited Ventimiglia, which is the first town over the border and about 10/15 mins by train from Menton Garavan station (NOTE, Menton Garavan is the closest station to the hotel, and a 7 min walk, NOT Menton main station which is much further). Here, we walked around the very large outdoor market, and took a dip in the sea. We then got the train further into Italy to Bordighera, which is smaller than Ventimiglia and probably more picturesque. This also has a lovely stony beach. *Catch the train to Monaco for the day - about 15 minutes by train from Menton, in opposite direction. The train journey is very scenic, but make sure you sit on the left hand side (as you go towards Monaco). *Catch train to Ville-France Sumer, which has some lovely restaurants right next to the waterside, and one of the oldest underground streets in Eurpoe! (Rue Obscure). This was a nice place to visit for the evening.

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“Lovely location for busses & trains.”

Just returned from a lovely stay at this hotel. At the Italian end of the newly extended promenade , go left for a 20 walk and you can cross the border to Italy. The old town is a 15min stroll to the right. . You can catch the no 1 bus across the road to get to the bus station where you can get b… more

Just returned from a lovely stay at this hotel. At the Italian end of the newly extended promenade , go left for a 20 walk and you can cross the border to Italy. The old town is a 15min stroll to the right. . You can catch the no 1 bus across the road to get to the bus station where you can get busses to see all around the area. Menton Garavan train station is a short walk to take you along the coast through to Monaco and Nice . We had a balcony overlooking the sea , which was lovely. The pool area is great for a rest day. The staff are all excellent, hotel is exceptionally clean and very comfortable. I thoroughly recommend the Napoleon for a stay in beautiful Menton.

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“Napoleon Menton”

Lovely clean hotel. Rooms are cleaned daily. Very little english spoken in the hotel but they are as helpful as possible and very polite. Breakfast is quite disappointing as incredibly carb heavy no cereals. Dogs are also allowed in the breakfast room which I personally don't find acceptabl… more

Lovely clean hotel. Rooms are cleaned daily. Very little english spoken in the hotel but they are as helpful as possible and very polite. Breakfast is quite disappointing as incredibly carb heavy no cereals. Dogs are also allowed in the breakfast room which I personally don't find acceptable. Area is fabulous seafront is well kept with lovely restaurants. Trains are easy to use and you are a 10 minute walk from the station. We went into Italy one day which took 15 mins. Good location and if you don't mind dogs hotel will work for you.

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“Lovely hotel. Pool area too busy in high season.”

This is a lovely small hotel, with modern rooms, good aircon, great service. Lovely breakfast (€16 pp per day) great choice. Staff lovely. Food can be ordered via bar staff for lunch/snacks. Cost is similar to cafes for lunch. Mini fridge is stocked with water and a few soft drinks. A lot of peopl… more

This is a lovely small hotel, with modern rooms, good aircon, great service. Lovely breakfast (€16 pp per day) great choice. Staff lovely. Food can be ordered via bar staff for lunch/snacks. Cost is similar to cafes for lunch. Mini fridge is stocked with water and a few soft drinks. A lot of people have mentioned there is a supermarket across the road for drinks/snacks/lunch and toiletries etc. This has been very helpful to us, as South of France is £££ and we couldn’t afford to pay for lunch and dinner at a restaurant every day (3 adults, one teen). This hotel is an excellent stay for sightseeing. Train station is 15 min walk. We have been to Monte Carlo, Cannes, Ventimiglia and Eze by train. Next 2 stops will be Nice and Antibes. Trains v busy but after a while you can get a seat. Aircon on trains. You need your passport on trains as police will ask (border town). 20 min walk along La Sablettes beach into town centre. You can also walk up steps into the old town which is so pretty and the church is up there. Many restaurants are available along La Sablettes and town. Beach restaurants are £££ so we only ordered one course each and some sides. They are great for a quick meal after a sightseeing day , as your feet will be tired! Can recommend Caesar on beach front. Trattoria in the business district is great food and more high end, about a 30 min walk. The restaurants on Victoria Square (main tourist area) in Menton are very busy and in one restaurant it took two hours to get food (1 hour to order it!). Saturday night is very busy, lots of places pre-booked. Main problem is (small) pool area. We only wanted to use it on rest days. Around 12/13 sun beds and hotel is now at capacity, it is absolutely packed. People putting towels on the floor and sitting on bar chairs. People reserving sun beds from very early am. Pool area over-capacity. Clearly some groups do not ever leave the hotel, but it really doesn’t have capacity for a ‘fly and flop’ type holiday. So pool a bit defunct for us, which is a shame on rest days. Also the hotel is next to a busy road and you can smell the car fumes by the pool. I had to take my asthma inhaler on the one day we achieved sun beds by the pool. You can pay €35 pp per day to join a private beach club on the beach. This is exclusive of food! We are here to sightsee so didn’t bother with this. This is a beautiful, clean, well-serviced hotel with lovely staff and great service. But if pool time on your rest days it’s important to you, you may find it difficult to achieve this.

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